After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.
“They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something.”
“Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood.”